Essential Questions:
Why do writers often turn to nature as a medium for their purposes?
How is the context of an author’s life reflected in his/her works?
Learning Targets:
I can determine the writer’s techniques in order to help me understand what I read.
I can determine the text structure of what I read.
I can analyze various literary techniques.
1. Opening Assignment: Slanted Language Activity for Winston Churchhill's "Blood, Sweat, and Tears"
2. Read and discuss poems from the chapter, This Old Earth, in Elements of Literature, First Course.
3. Closing: Work on vocabulary review.
Why do writers often turn to nature as a medium for their purposes?
How is the context of an author’s life reflected in his/her works?
Learning Targets:
I can determine the writer’s techniques in order to help me understand what I read.
I can determine the text structure of what I read.
I can analyze various literary techniques.
1. Opening Assignment: Slanted Language Activity for Winston Churchhill's "Blood, Sweat, and Tears"
2. Read and discuss poems from the chapter, This Old Earth, in Elements of Literature, First Course.
3. Closing: Work on vocabulary review.